Here & Now
Weekdays 12-2 p.m.
Here & Now is NPR’s midday developing news program, focused on what’s changed since Morning Edition and what it means for listeners. The program is hosted by Robin Young, Deepa Fernandes, and Scott Tong.
Produced in a unique collaboration between NPR and WBUR Boston, the program showcases an unmatched range of voices and regional perspectives. In addition, Here & Now editorial partners include STAT (science & medical), Grist (environmental reporting) and regular appearances by the international reporters of the Washington Post.
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Surging emergency cases. Death. People abandoning their life-saving medicines. That's what the so-called 'tayyibat' diet, popularized by late Egyptian Dr. Diaa al-Awadi, led to, resulting in widespread chaos across the Arab world.
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Evacuation orders are in effect across the western U.S., with nearly 30,000 firefighters battling one of the worst fire seasons in years, fueled by record-breaking heat and drought that primed forests to burn. -
The book centers around 10-year-old Korean American Jeon-Gi, who navigates an eventful summer at a Korean church camp. -
Thousands of fireflies flicker in the meadows of a sanctuary in southwest Connecticut.
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Her father, Joe Battle, opened a record store in 1945 and he recorded blues guitarist John Lee Hooker, the Baptist preacher reverend C. L. Franklin, and Franklin's talented daughter Aretha. -
Research shows multitasking makes most people less productive, more stressed out and worse at their jobs. -
Meta is looking to catch up to Rivals OpenAI and Anthropic.
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Most Americans say young adults today have it harder financially than in the past.
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A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake shook dozens of cities and towns in Colombia on Monday. -
Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal has asked for a congressional briefing about the operation, which took place in Ankara last month.
